Three held over Dhanmondi double murder

Three held over Dhanmondi double murder

Police detained three people on Friday night over the murder of two women in city’s Dhanmondi area.

The detainees are – electrician Belayet, security guard Nuruzzaman, and Bacchu Mia.

‘We are interrogating them,’ said Abdul Latif, officer-in-charge of Dhanmondi police station.

On Friday evening, the bodies of Afroza Begum, 65, and Diti, 19, a domestic help, were recovered from a flat on the third floor of house No. 21, on road 28.

Kazi Monir Uddin Tarim, deputy managing director of Creative Group and son-in-law of Afroza, said gold ornaments and cash were missing from the house.

Bachchu Mia is the bodyguard of Afroza’s husband.

Tarim also said Bachchu recently brought a new domestic help for his mother-in-law.

CCTV footage showed her getting out of the house on the day of the incident.

Police said they were looking for her in connection with the murder.

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